Childbirth in a family fills up the house with delighted faces and brings happiness to all the members. However, before a child is born the parents have their own choices when it comes to baby’s gender. According to the scientific theory, the possibility of having a boy or girl child is 50/50. However, still there are families having all boys or girls. Baby boy or girl is difficult to decide for many parents. Many a times families having same gender children desired for a child of the opposite gender. This is where gender selection methods can be of great help. Baby gender selection is possible with today, with the invention of revolutionary methods in the medical field.

There are many innovative techniques that have evolved over the years that help get the best odds to achieve the desire gender. These techniques can also be used to prevent the transmission of genetic diseases. The method can also protect your child from sex-linked disease. There are many health centers that offer qualitative, safe and effective options to determine the gender. The two majorly used Gender Selection Methods are invitro fertilization and pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, abbreviated as IVF/PGD and Ericsson.

The Ericsson method has helped many families with gender selection of their baby. It is successful technique that involves selecting of ‘X’ and ‘Y’ chromosomes to have the baby gender of your desire. IVF/PGD is the latest and one of the most preferred methods by many doctors. It is a method that involves modern technology in gender selection. Vitro fertilization is involved in this kind of treatment. Eggs from female ovary are removed and allowed to fertilize with male’s sperm outside the woman’s womb.

After the cell division takes place, the embryo of the preferred gender is decided and transferred back into the female’s womb. It has been observed that this technique has the highest success rates than other methods.

One of the sole reasons for going with the vitro fertilization is that it is immune to sex linked and gender based diseases. Thus, opting for this method will ensure that your baby is free of any complications and is healthy. The most common genetic hereditary disorder that gets transmitted by normal pregnancy is hemophilia. Children suffering from it suffer abnormalities in blood clotting if experienced breaking of blood vessels. It is majorly caused to lack of fibrin formation. Male child are mostly found suffering from hemophilic. It occurs when ‘X’ chromosome contains an infected gene. Therefore, it’s essential that you save your child from suffering such disorders by opting for IVF/PGD birth method.

If you are contemplating to opt for a gender selection method it’s advisable you zero in on a method only after proper research. The internet is a huge source of information. You can browse the net to gather relevant information of the various techniques. The ideal way to decide what suits you the best is by approach a medical expert who has immense knowledge about the subject. There are many reputed doctors online who can help you with your decision making process. You can also go through the testimonials on their site to gauge their success in providing quality gender selection options.

Dr Silverman is the author of this article on Gender Selection.
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